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Famous Gene Simmons Quotes

“Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.”

“My mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. My mother’s alive and well, but only because of America. Without America’s military, the world would be in deep… fill-in-the-blank. I’m forever grateful for that.”

Gene Simmons

Interview with Radio.com (July 6, 2016)

“Being a Jew, you realize your strongest weapon is your mind.”

Gene Simmons

"Bang Your Head" book

“The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.”

Gene Simmons

Fresh Air interview (February 4, 2002)

“We can't be The Beatles. I can't shine their shoes. I can't sing as well as Paul or John. I can't write those kind of songs. But they would die in my armour and my eight-inch platform heels, and Paul can't spit fire, so there you have it.”

Gene Simmons

Mojo magazine (December 2009), p. 40.

“KISS is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.”

Gene Simmons

What I've Learned (July 2002)

Gene Simmons Quotes about people

“You can't argue with facts and figures. Either people want it, in which case they pay for it, or it's two guys sitting around at the Plaza having a discussion, which means nothing. I mean, Titanic. I wasn't crazy about the movie. But you know what? I'm gonna shut up, because the people have spoken. End of story!”

Gene Simmons

What I've Learned (July 2002)

“My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.”

Gene Simmons

Fresh Air interview (February 4, 2002)

“Like any large organization, there are going to be some bad people. Many people go to church; not every priest is a good guy. But you don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Wounded Warrior is an important organization, and all the various vet groups are important because, shamefully, we don’t have an amendment to the Constitution that guarantees if you volunteer to serve your country, and risk life and limb, that you’re even going to get a job, so that you can feed your family. It’s pathetic. ‘Hey, thanks a lot for risking your life, and you’ve been wounded. Good luck out there!’ The men and women of our military may not expect to get rich and famous, but at least give them a job for God’s sake, so they can feed their family!”

Gene Simmons

Interview with Radio.com (July 6, 2016)

“People say, "I want to get laid a lot and make lots of money."”

Gene Simmons

That's not the right order.
What I've Learned (July 2002)

Gene Simmons Quotes about thinking

“You shall not covet thy neighbor's wife? Well, how about if she goddamn covets me? What do you think about that?”

Gene Simmons

What I've Learned (July 2002)

“I think Prince was heads, hands and feet about all the rest of them, I thought he left (Michael) Jackson in the dust. Prince was way beyond that. But how pathetic that he killed himself. Don't kid yourself, that's what he did. Slowly, I'll grant you … but that's what drugs and alcohol is: a slow death.”

Gene Simmons

About Prince's death. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gene-simmons-on-prince-how-pathetic-that-he-killed-himself-20160510 (May 10, 2016)

“I think I know it all, relatively speaking.”

Gene Simmons

What I've Learned (July 2002)